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Boulder Creek is a
The Mount Victoria mine was active in the 1880 and 1890s.
Mount Victoria Provisional School opened in 1904. On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Victoria State School. It had low student numbers and closed in 1914.
locality
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in the Rockhampton Region
The Rockhampton Region is a local government area (LGA) in Central Queensland, Australia, located on the Tropic of Capricorn about north of Brisbane. Rockhampton is the region's major city; the region also includes the Fitzroy River, Mount ...
, Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
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, Australia. In the , Boulder Creek had a population of 12 people.
Geography
The Dee River forms the eastern boundary of the locality. The terrain is mountainous with named peaks of Mount Victoria at and Mount Battery at . The land is mostly undeveloped. The watercourse Boulder Creek (after which the locality is presumably named) rises in the north of the locality and flows to the south-east of the locality where it becomes a tributary to the Dee River within the North East Coast drainage basin. The Mount Victoria gold field is located within the locality at . There is a current mining lease for the site.History
The Mount Victoria mine was active in the 1880 and 1890s.
Mount Victoria Provisional School opened in 1904. On 1 January 1909, it became Mount Victoria State School. It had low student numbers and closed in 1914.
Education
There are no schools in Boulder Creek. The nearest government primary and secondary schools are Mount Morgan State School andMount Morgan State High School
Mount Morgan State High School is a heritage-listed state high school and technical college at 4 Central Street, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1908. It was formerly known as Mount Morgan Technical Co ...
, both in neighbouring Mount Morgan to the north-east.
References
{{Rockhampton Region Suburbs of Rockhampton Region Localities in Queensland